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… and there’s a good chance it will be used against you

People screw up, and give away more than they realise

And besides, why should we let businesses privatize our social discourse?

Call me uncool — but that’s a trend I’m happy to share with my friends. In person.

Phone up to buy a pizza, and the order-taker’s computer gives her access to your voting record, employment history, library loans — all “just wired into the system” for your convenience. She’ll suggest a tofu pizza as she knows about your 42-inch waist, she’ll add a delivery surcharge because a nearby robbery yesterday puts you in “an orange zone” — and she’ll be on her guard because you’ve checked out the library book Dealing With Depression. This is where the American Council for Civil Liberties sees consumerism going — watch its pizza video online — and it’s not to hard to believe